Dexter: Antisocial Personality Disorder
Serial killers have always been overdramatized in movies, TV shows, and on the news, but no one truly understand them or their disorder. Dexter is a show that truly brought this mental illness to life, and understanding it is a job in itself. Dexter is a television show with a young man who is a serial killer that kills killers. While this is an extraordinary idea, the idea can still be examined and his characteristics are plausible. Being able to understand the characteristics of an antisocial personality disorder patient, what causes the disease, and what the outcome of treatment versus no treatment are is important when evaluating a patient, and eventually trying to fully solve the problem.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
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In addition, they tend to think with impulse, or actwithout thinking (Coomer, 2013). These people tend to lie often and form aliases in order to con others. They normally do not feel any remorse for their wrong doing and often make excuses for their actions (Nadelson, 2000). Coomer (2013) also stated, that these people are unable to hold a steady job and they often miss work. Hatchett (2013) claims that, patients diagnosed with ASPD also tend to be aggressive towards other humans and animals, and these people are commonly unable to hold a solid relationship with other people. Overall, in a worst case scenario antisocial personality disorder patients are commonly arrested for harassment, and they often pursue other illegal activities (Nadelson, 2000). Although not all victims of ASDP are violent, or engage in crime. It is common for a patient to be able to hold a steady lifestyle, and have a decent job (King, …show more content…
In addition, by definition of killing three or more people, there are only twenty serial killers in the United States between 2010-2014 (Aamodt, 2015). The likelihood of being murdered by an antisocial personality disorder victim is incredibly low, but still plausible and citizens should understand the effects of leaving ASDP unrecognized (Hatchett, 2015). Although becoming a murder is not the only negative effect of leaving this illness unrecognized, it is the most extreme
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
King …show more content…
In addition, they tend to think with impulse, or actwithout thinking (Coomer, 2013). These people tend to lie often and form aliases in order to con others. They normally do not feel any remorse for their wrong doing and often make excuses for their actions (Nadelson, 2000). Coomer (2013) also stated, that these people are unable to hold a steady job and they often miss work. Hatchett (2013) claims that, patients diagnosed with ASPD also tend to be aggressive towards other humans and animals, and these people are commonly unable to hold a solid relationship with other people. Overall, in a worst case scenario antisocial personality disorder patients are commonly arrested for harassment, and they often pursue other illegal activities (Nadelson, 2000). Although not all victims of ASDP are violent, or engage in crime. It is common for a patient to be able to hold a steady lifestyle, and have a decent job (King, …show more content…
In addition, by definition of killing three or more people, there are only twenty serial killers in the United States between 2010-2014 (Aamodt, 2015). The likelihood of being murdered by an antisocial personality disorder victim is incredibly low, but still plausible and citizens should understand the effects of leaving ASDP unrecognized (Hatchett, 2015). Although becoming a murder is not the only negative effect of leaving this illness unrecognized, it is the most extreme